The fact that the car drifts at acceleration

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Ridox2JZGTE
Another way is to pump the throttle, quick tap on the buttons several time until the tires won't slip.
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NO!

You have no idea how hard this HORRIBLE habit is to get rid of if you develop it!! I spend a LONG time teaching drivers (Formula Ford) how to NEVER do this. In a real car, it causes the car to porpoise, basically guaranteeing you will always have a traction problem.

The real solution is to ease onto the throttle. Imagine it this way, once you make the move off the brake to the throttle, you are not allowed to reduce the amount of throttle you have applied. That means that if you pick up the throttle half way (or 1/4, 3/4, 7/8, etc.) that you must maintain it or apply more. What I teach drivers trying to learn a tricky section (corner 1-2-3 at Mont Tremblant for example) is to lift early and get on the throttle smoothly and even at a speed they are comfortable with and then slowly apply more and more throttle as they feel the car can take it. The worst thing you can do is lift mid corner, transferring weight to the front and unloading the rear. Now the car feels safe so you move back to the throttle, but the car can't take it as it already has side load on the tires causing you to get back out of the throttle. So you end up with a car that is porpoising (has a bucking motion) that zaps all your confidence.

Now the smooth throttle and not getting back out of it means that you load the car smooth and steadily up to its limits and all the while staying with the feel it is in control.

So when driving your high powered cars, make sure you have corner entry speed so that the car is balanced at the apex (not understeering or oversteering) and slowly start to apply more and more throttle while unwinding the wheel. One of the keys is that the tires cannot take throttle while fully side loaded (Google "friction circle"), so you cannot give lots of throttle with the wheels fully turned. By over exagerating this (slow a little more than necessary, dive extra smooth through the entry to mid corner, pick up the throttle at a lower value and slowly start to apply more while unwinding the wheel) it will eventually become apparent where the limits are and you can start to benefit from the excellent "tunes" here on :gtplanet:

Oh, and by "eventually", it depends on the person. I have a young driver who is really struggling with this at the moment and we use GT5 as a learning tool for real cars:)
 
Thanks for adding up and correcting what I said, pumping was just another alternative if the OP still have issues. My mistake for saying about the pumping method :) I actually never do that since many years ago in the days of PSX gaming.
 
Ridox2JZGTE
Thanks for adding up and correcting what I said, pumping was just another alternative if the OP still have issues. My mistake for saying about the pumping method :) I actually never do that since many years ago in the days of PSX gaming.
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It's all cool, you were trying to help :) And I'm sure there a lot of "throttle pumpers" out there who can kick my butt in GT5! But it is still a bad habit, one I'm glad you have gotten yourself out of.
 
Cowboys965
You just think that because he beat you.

I won't mention any more than that though. :p
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He also caused many crashes, including several during cautions. :lol: Excuse me, Cowboys, but didn't he beat you too? And didn't I come close? Like, before his buddy smashed me off the track?
 
JustBecauz
Throttle control. Learn when to floor a car. Ideally don't peg it round every corner. Lol!
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Ideally, become Jamie Whincup. Yes, that IS a reference to your avatar. 👍 Saw him win again today. Was expecting it; Holden ALWAYS wins (almost.)
 

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